Maryland's top health care workers said they have the best plan in place to monitor anyone arriving in the state from West Africa.

Maryland's top health care workers said they have the best plan in place to monitor anyone arriving in the state from West Africa.

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Updated: 5:24 PM EDT Oct 27, 2014

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WEBVTT THOSE RETURNING FROM AFRICA TO GO UNDER TWICE DAILY MONITORING. SOME STATES ARE TAKING BOLD APPROACHES, WHILE OTHERS ARE STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, HOW TO HANDLE PASSENGERS ARRIVING FROM WEST AFRICA. AND AS 11 NEWS REPORTER MEGAN PRINGLE CONTINUES OUR TEAM COVERAGE , THE STATE OF MARYLAND NOW HAS A PLAN IN PLACE, FOR ANYONE ARRIVING HERE FROM AFFECTED COUNTRIES. FOR SOME IT IS AN UNSETTLING THOUGHT. BUT HEALTH-CARE WORKERS HAVE THE BEST PLAN IN PLACE FOR ANYONE ARRIVING. OUR DECISIONS HERE IN THE STATE OF MARYLAND CONTINUES TO BE GUIDED BY THIS BEST SCIENCE, DATA, AND PROTOCOLS DEVELOPED BY THE BEST HEALTH PROFESSIONALS IN THE WORLD. COUNTRIES THAT CONTINUE TO DEAL WITH THE EBOLA CRISIS, AND THOSE COMING FROM THEM WILL BE PART OF AN ACTIVE MONITORING. WE ARE OUR OWN IMMUNE SYSTEM OF PUBLIC HEALTH. WE MUST BE BETTER COORDINATED. PASSENGERS WITH SOME RISK OF INFECTION, MUST SIGN AN AGREEMENT, TAKE THE TEMPERATURE, REPORT THEIR SYMPTOMS, AND IF NECESSARY STAY HOME. ABOUT 10 TO 20 PASSENGERS A DAY COME TO MARYLAND FROM THOSE THREE COUNTRIES THAT ARE OF THE HIGHEST CONCERN. A TRAVEL BAN IS NOT AN OPTION. STOPPING THE SOURCE IS SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN TRIED AND TRUE AND AND OUT RIGHT -- IN AN OUTBREAK INVESTIGATION FOR MANY YEARS. THIS PRESS CONFERENCE COMES AT A TIME WHEN NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY ARE EXPERIENCING CRITICISM FOR ENFORCING A MANDATORY QUARANTINE. WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO QUARANTINES, WE HAVE ORDERS DRAWN UP BETWEEN NEED TO USE THEM, BUT WE THINK THAT THIS APPROACH IS GOING TO BE A FULLY PROTECTIVE ONE. IF THEY NEED TO CHANGE THIS POLICY THEY WELL.

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Maryland's top health care workers said they have the best plan in place to monitor anyone arriving in the state from West Africa.